Bottle and jar stopper



(No Model.)

B. P. HAND.

BOTTLE AND JAR STOPPER.

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Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

NiTE TATES ATENT Erica.

EDWARD r. HAND, on NEWARK, NEW JEnsEY.

BOTTLE AN D JAR STOPPER.

SPECL'FICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,727, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed May 3, 1884. (N model.)

ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle and Jar Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta'ins to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificatio'n.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheaper and more effective stopper, and one that can be readily applied to or removed from the bottle; and it consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set fortl1,'and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicatelike parts in each of the several figures, Figures 1 an d 2 are side views of abottle and a jar embodying my improvements. bottlehead with the wnoved. Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical'sections through the bottle and jar heads, respectively. Fig. 6 is a'plan of the bottle-head, and Fig. 7 is an inverted plan of the cap.

In said drawings, a is the bottle or jar, having the head thereof provided with projecting ears I) I), having inclined under edges, 0 c. Said ears are separated by lug-passages d (1, adapted to allow the lugs c c, projecting inwardly from the interior wall of the cap, passage to the inclined under edges of the ears. Said cap having the lugs may be of glass, tin, or other material. It is provided with a stopper, 9, of cork, rubber, or other suitable material, which is cemented or immovably fastened to the top of said cap on the inside Fig. 3 isaside view of a thereof. In addition to this, when the mouth of the vessel is wide, and it is found desirable to prevent contact of the preserves or other contents of the said vessel with the said stopper, I form a shoulder, 71, in the throat or mouth of the said vessel,'and on the same arrange a 'glass diaphragm, m, and upon it an elastic packing, a, of rubber or other suitable material, upon which the said stopper presses. The elastic packing it serves to remedy any imperfection which may be in the cork or stopper, and to insure an airtight conned 5 5 tion.

To close the bottle, all that is necessary is to press the cap down around the head or neck of the bottle, thereby forcing the stopper into the mouth thereofl Then,byturningsaid cap, the lugs passint-o engagement with the inclines, thus increasing the pressure upon said cork, and locking the parts firmly together, and insuring a perfectly air-tight union of the same, as will be readily understood.

I do not claim, broadly, a cap having a stopper inside thereof and adapted to be secured upon the neck of a bottle by means of lugs and inclined shoulders; but,

Having thus described the invention; what I claim as new is 1. In combination, the bottle having the shoulder, the oap, the stopper, and the diaphragm as set forth and shown. I

2. In combination, a bottle having near the top ears with inclined under edges, a cap having lugs, a s t9 p er, anelastic packing, and a diaphragm, arranged-to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I So have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of April, 1884.

EDWARD P. HAND. \Vitnesses: CHARLES H. PELL, i F. F. CAMPBELL. 

